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ED Nurses Vent and Haemodynamics Workshop

The Injectable Orange

Quite simply, document your intended personal learning objective; identify a high quality resource that addresses this (article, workshop, conference); document a reflection on your achieved personal learning outcome. Happy self-directed learning. Pro-tip on organising and capturing your CPD activities: Keep a portfolio.

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Grand Rounds Recap 5.22.24

Taming the SRU

Use checklists for complex procedures, such as airway management. glenn, haffner, and jackson In Flight Emergencies: As a responding physician to an in-flight emergency, you may recommend diverting the plane, however, the captain (lead pilot) will make the final decision.

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Intubation

PHEM Cast

Guidance documents College of Paramedics Statement on Intubation, available here. Positioning From: [link] Recommended Rich Levitan resources Podcast 70 – Airway Management with Rich Levitan Airway axes From: McGuire B, Hodge K. AAGBI Safer Prehospital Anaesthesia 2017, available here. Tracheal intubation.

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Proning for ARDS

Northwestern EM Blog

Relative contraindications are several, including difficulty with airway management, facial trauma, ventricular assist device, intra-aortic balloon pump, severe chest wall lesions or rib fractures, massive hemoptysis, unstable pelvic or long bone fractures, and open abdominal wounds. Reattach EKG leads to back.

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Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Lung Protective Ventilation

RebelEM

There may have very well been a policy where only RTs can make changes to a ventilator after an order was placed to ensure accurate documentation. Unfortunately, its not clear whether the documentation came from RTs or ED providers. Females and patients with increased BMI are at increased risk of not being placed on LPV.

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Episode 26 – Blunt Cardiac Injury: Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management (Trauma CME)

EB Medicine

Moreover, when airway management is needed, advanced airway techniques by ALS crews were associated with decreased odds of survival. Jeff: And if it does happen to be an ALS transport crew, without delaying transport, pain management with fentanyl is both safe and reasonable and preferred over morphine.

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Oxygen Powered Resuscitators

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Accessed July 28, 2014 **Quoting original documents of fascinating history. Study finds EMS able to do more tasks, document better, perform physiological monitoring, with use of ATV. Airway management by first responders when using a bag-valve device and two oxygen-driven resuscitators in 104 patients. Grainge, C.